I'm a youth basketball coach, writer, and publisher of several best-selling resources for youth and high school coaches.
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Having post players who can affect the game in multiple ways is a huge asset for any team. Most teams have big men who are either fast and mobile, strong and physical, or perceptive and skilled – but the real gold mine is a player who has all of these talents. And the only way [...]
Here is one of my favorite dribbling drill for kids. I call it No Look Dribbling.
Ray Allen. Kobe Bryant. Michael Jordan. Those are just some of the names that come to mind when you think of shooting guards, and they all have one thing in common – the ability to score the basketball. When thinking of the prototypical 2-guard, they would ideally have the skill to create their own shot [...]
Here are a couple of drills I use often in my practices. The first one is a good drill to get in shape early in the season. The Illini drill allows each player the opportunity to be a sprinter and a shooter.
When I’m teaching the Motion Offense I use this drill that I call the Motion Passing Drill. This drill really teaches the importance of moving to receive the pass (v-cut), the back door cut, and passing to the post (especially coming from the weak side).
Here’s a full court lay-up drill that is competitive and a good indicator of how good you can run the floor.
Great one on one defenders can be very tough to find, and although you can’t teach strength and athleticsm, you can give players a better understanding of angles and how to cut off an attacking offensive player. One of my favourite drills to do this in, because it works not only on your defenders ability, [...]
One of the greatest luxuries as a coach is to have a player who is great at making decisions out of the pick and roll. However, eventually teams will start to put two and two together, clogging up the lane and making it difficult for the ballhandler to get into the lane and do what [...]
When I was a coach of a middle school girls team we were very successful. I attribute the reason for our success was because I preach that games were meant to be fun. When they stop being fun they’re not worth playing anymore – so I was always looking to make it fun!
Our team practices will be designed to involve all of our coaches and to condition our team while in a practice setting. Furthering individual skills will be emphasized, yet our primary goal will be to build the team concept.
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